Law360, New York ( April 30, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT) -- On Wednesday, April 30, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Limelight Networks Inc. v. Akamai Technologies Inc. (No. 12-786), a case expected to address whether a party can be held liable for inducing infringement of a patent under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) when no single entity has committed direct infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a). As explained below, the Supreme Court struggled with whether it can answer that Section 271(b) issue without also addressing an underlying joint infringement issue of Section 271(a). The court also raised a number of policy concerns and questioned whether those are best left for Congress to address....
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